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    two main models: the original F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter variants, and the extensively updated F-5E and F-5F Tiger II variants. The design team wrapped...
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    HESA Azarakhsh (category 1990s Iranian fighter aircraft)
    American Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger II although Iranian authorities claim it is Iran's first domestically manufactured combat jet fighter. The Azarakhsh...
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  • Indian freedom fighters, activists in the Indian independence movement who receive a pension from the Indian Government F-5 Freedom Fighter (or Tiger II),...
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    2020-08-14. Retrieved 2023-12-15. "F-5 Tiger Fighter Jet". Northrop Grumman. Retrieved 2023-11-06. "Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter". Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum...
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  • carried such equipment. Lightweight fighters without full night equipment such as the F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger II are still used by nations that lack...
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    The Canadair CF-5 (officially designated the CF-116 Freedom Fighter) is a Canadian licensed-built Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter. It is a light, supersonic...
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    in the 1958 film The Hunters MiGs were also played on screen by the F-5 Tiger II in 1986's Top Gun and the 1998 JAG episode 3.24. MiGs appear in the 2007...
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  • F-110) F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger II – Northrop F-5G – Northrop (redesignated to F-20) F-6 Skyray – Douglas (redesignated from Navy F4D) F-7 Sea Dart – Convair...
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    lost C-123K Provider – 11 lost C-130A Hercules – 2 lost F-5A/B/C/E Freedom Fighter/Tiger II – ~250 lost (including 114 captured) U/H-1D/H Iroquois (helicopter)...
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    Its development began in 1975 as a further evolution of Northrop's F-5E Tiger II, featuring a new engine that greatly improved overall performance, and...
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    as the F-104 Starfighter, F-100 Super Sabre, F-84 Thunderflash and the F-86 Sabre, plus the economical F-5 Freedom Fighter. With 80 Phantoms on order...
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    The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are a series of American supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft derived from the...
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    against American fighters in Vietnam), the F-5 is known to have scored 13 victories against 4 losses. Just under 1000 of the F-5A Freedom Fighter were sold worldwide...
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  • original Street Fighter game, the Street Fighter II series, the Street Fighter Alpha series, the Street Fighter III series, the Street Fighter IV series, Street...
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    inactivated in 1947. The squadron was re-activated in 1969 as a Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter training squadron for Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots for transition...
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    (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. The F-15E was designed...
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    significantly influenced by the F-16, are described below. Two single-seat YF-16 prototypes were built for the Light Weight Fighter (LWF) competition. The first...
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    the last American fighter that had guns as the primary weapon, earning it the title "The Last of the Gunfighters". Development of the F-8 commenced after...
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    August 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2010. Goozner, Merill. "$382 (~$511 billion in 2023) Billion for a Slightly Better Fighter Plane?: F-35 has plenty of support...
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    AVG's Curtiss P-40 Warhawks, along with the "FT" (Flying Tiger) tail code. The 23rd Fighter Group's aircraft are the only United States Air Force aircraft...
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    replacing the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The F-14 served as the U.S. Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor, and...
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    McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack...
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    It used the F-86 Sabre aircraft from 1972 to 1977, the F-5A/B Freedom Fighter from 1977 to 1981, and now it uses F-5E/F Tiger II fighters as aggressors...
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    Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 542 (VMFA-542) is a United States Marine Corps Aviation fighter attack squadron flying the F-35B Lightning II. VMFA-542...
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    F-5 Tiger II reached the 425th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron. This squadron was assigned the task of training for crews that had acquired the F-5E...
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    The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer North American...
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  • Northrop F-5TH Super Tigris upgrade – Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has signed the contract with Elbit Systems, currently upgrading Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II which...
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    The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for...
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    and the F-5 Freedom Fighter economical jet fighter (and its derivative, the successful T-38 Talon trainer) were developed and built. The F-5 was so successful...
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    same year and in November, 1980, No 1 (Northrop F-5A/B Freedom Fighter) and No 11 Squadrons (F-5E/F Tiger II) were deployed there. The air base was officially...
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